Live blog: PRO STOLEN BIKE ALERT! Alex Dowsett’s Katusha Canyon Speedmax + Save The Rim Brake, dogs on bikes and lots more
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Tue, Feb 06, 2018 15:04
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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mitsky 13 minutes ago
@Mr Anderson Agreed. Perfect example is this parent doing an, approximately, 700 METRE school run. I worked t out by finding where the vehicle was parked on the residential road when I first encountered it. Whilst I can't be 100% sure, I am certain the children had no physical disability that would prevent them walking. https://youtu.be/R-dp-G6W8Jk
quiff 15 minutes ago
"Old Man Mountain kit is built tough, and comes with a lifetime warranty – which really matters, when it may well be subject to being battered over many tens of thousands of miles of awful terrain, carrying the equivalent weight of a small-ish child." Obviously it depends how the manufacturer applies its warranty, and OMM might be great - but worth noting that "lifetime warranty" is often less generous than it initially sounds - it's the reasonable lifetime of the product, and only warrants against manufacturing defects. So being battered over tens of thousands of miles is not necessarily going to be covered.
mdavidford 35 minutes ago
0.8m of cycleway does seem an extremely selective focus. Do we know which side of the junction those 80cm fall on?
bikercub 1 hour ago
I'd like to see some reviews of the IGPSport cycle computers & smart lights which are available on Amazon in the UK. They appear to be well equipped with GPS models in the £150 - £200 price bracket offering great features and very good value for money. If they are good enough to be supporting the Groupama-FDJ United World TourCycling team, we should be looking at them as a contender. It would be interesting how these compare to the Garmin and Wahoo models that are considered the industry standard.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
Happens on a regular basis - seems to be one of the many exciting new 'features' of the new platform.
kinderje 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris Thanks for that - every day's a school day. I had actually put 'Pedant mode off' under my comment but it didn't post and then as we all know, and are frustrated with, we can't edit posts any more. I will not correct anyone again - however, -ize still looks too American English for me. Cheers
HarrogateSpa 1 hour ago
We also have a greater volume of traffic, including on residential roads which were once quiet. Spending billions on infrastructure such as protected cycle tracks and modal filters is the only thing that will lead to mass cycling. Look at London. Why is there mass cycling there? Infrastructure. The Netherlands? The same reason. And often the only way to achieve meaningful change is reallocating some space and priority from motor vehicles, which is why the government's 'don't scare the horses' attitude is concerning.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
You think there might be a clue to that in the name "City Light Set"? Marking it down because it's no good for fast riding on unlit roads seems somewhat akin to buying a micro-hatchback and then complaining that it's rubbish at pulling a plough.
quiff 2 hours ago
This is like something from a kids' activity book. "The editor has a bit of a hangover this morning. Can you help him match the headline to the correct story?"
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@kinderje Are you aware that -ise endings are actually the newer form, having supplanted -ize (as used by Shakespeare, the King James Bible and Jane Austen, amongst many others) in the mid 19th century? Etymologically there is a far better argument for -ize endings for words with Greek and Latin roots than the -ise ending which arose from Victorian publishers imitating French verb endings. Both endings are now regarded as acceptable in British English, although the Oxford style guide recommends -ize. It is most certainly not incorrect.
7 thoughts on “Live blog: PRO STOLEN BIKE ALERT! Alex Dowsett’s Katusha Canyon Speedmax + Save The Rim Brake, dogs on bikes and lots more”
I wanna be in the Leprechaun
I wanna be in the Leprechaun gang! I’m sort of naturally qualified.
Where was it stolen from?
Where was it stolen from?
ridein wrote:
Dowsett lives near Chelmsford in Essex.
jollygoodvelo wrote:
He lives in Maldon and often takes part in the Maldon Cycling Clubs TTs when he’s in the country. Such a nice approchable chap too – He’s just a guy taking part in a club activity, not a prima-donna super star. This is a horrible thing to happen to anyone, but to be targeted when you’re out of the country is the work of a special type of scum.
STiG911 wrote:
I quite often see him cycling around here (I live in Maldon) he’s pretty recognisable, usually because he’s going so much faster than any other cyclists around here. He’s a really nice guy, and if he’s not on his TT bike he’s given a thumbs up when going the other way.
It’s a horrible thing to happen to anyone but he especially doesn’t deserve anything like this, as he said, the emotional trauma is the worst part. Unless it’s stolen to order I’d have thought it must be a bit of an awkward bike to sell on, it’s very distinctive and quite specific to him.
RobD wrote:
I would’ve thought they’d break it for parts… Maybe even chuck the frame. A friend of a friend had their super-ish bike nicked from outside a cafe they were in… Chopped right through the frame.
Parasites.
Take a look on ebay, someone
Take a look on ebay, someone selling a Sram Red etap groupset (with a pick of a carpet) and a Zipp 303 rear wheel (with a pick of a bike catalogue), listed recently.
Only a little odd.